'Flight'

In Theaters: November 2ndStarring: Denzel WashingtonDirected By: Robert Zemeckis

Here comes an intimate human drama from Robert Zemeckis, the Back to the Future director who's lately been busting technical barriers in motion-capture animation with Polar Express, Beowulf and A Christmas Carol. Zemeckis even gave Forrest Gump and Cast Away an epic scale. He thinks big. But Flight, shot on a scant $30 million budget, puts a tight focus on a pilot (Denzel Washington) fighting alcoholism and a nation that sees him as a hero.